Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/piro

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *pirə (“broad, wide”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piɾo/

Adjective

*piro

broad, wide

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 広さい (ぴるさい, pirusai)
- Kunigami: 広ーせん (ぴﾟるーせん, pirūsen)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 広さり (ひるさり, hirusari)
- Okinawan: 広さん (ふぃるさん, firusan)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 広さん (ひゅーさん, hyūsan)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 広さむっ (ひりゅさむっ, hiryusam)
- Toku-No-Shima: 広さい (ふぃろさい, fïrosai)
- Yoron: 広さん (ぴゅーさん, pyūsan)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 広 (ぴぃす, pïsu)
- Yaeyama: 広さん (ぴぃすさん, pïsusan)
- Yonaguni: 広ん (つゎん, tswan)